scholarly journals Effect of Selenate on Viability and Selenomethionine Accumulation ofChlorella sorokinianaGrown in Batch Culture

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Živan Gojkovic ◽  
Carlos Vílchez ◽  
Rafael Torronteras ◽  
Javier Vigara ◽  
Veronica Gómez-Jacinto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Large Subunit ◽  
Cell Activity ◽  
Protein Band ◽  
Chlorella Sorokiniana ◽  
Chloroplast Gene ◽  
Batch Cultures ◽  
Ultrastructural Studies ◽  
Sds Page ◽  
Sublethal Concentrations ◽  
Page Electrophoresis

The aim of this work was to study the effect of Se(+VI) on viability, cell morphology, and selenomethionine accumulation of the green algaChlorella sorokinianagrown in batch cultures. Culture exposed to sublethal Se concentrations of 40 mg·L−1(212 μM) decreased growth rates for about 25% compared to control. A selenate EC50value of 45 mg·L−1(238.2 μM) was determined. Results showed that chlorophyll and carotenoids contents were not affected by Se exposure, while oxygen evolution decreased by half. Ultrastructural studies revealed granular stroma, fingerprint-like appearance of thylakoids which did not compromise cell activity. Unlike control cultures, SDS PAGE electrophoresis of crude extracts from selenate-exposed cell cultures revealed appearance of a protein band identified as 53 kDa Rubisco large subunit ofChlorella sorokiniana, suggesting that selenate affects expression of the corresponding chloroplast gene as this subunit is encoded in the chloroplast DNA. Results revealed that the microalga was able to accumulate up to 140 mg·kg−1of SeMet in 120 h of cultivation. This paper shows thatChlorella sorokinianabiomass can be enriched in the high value aminoacid SeMet in batch cultures, while keeping photochemical viability and carbon dioxide fixation activity intact, if exposed to suitable sublethal concentrations of Se.

scholarly journals Effect of Ocular Hypertension on D-β-Aspartic Acid-Containing Proteins in the Retinas of Rats

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takashi Kanamoto ◽  
Takashi Tachibana ◽  
Yasushi Kitaoka ◽  
Toshio Hisatomi ◽  
Yasuhiro Ikeda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Ocular Hypertension ◽  
Aspartic Acid ◽  
Atp Synthase ◽  
Wistar Rats ◽  
Protein Band ◽  
Mass Spectrometry Analysis ◽  
Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Spectrometry Analysis ◽  
Sds Page

Purpose. To investigate the effect of ocular hypertension-induced isomerization of aspartic acid in retinal proteins. Methods. Adult Wistar rats with ocular hypertension were used as an experimental model. D-β-aspartic acid-containing proteins were isolated by SDS-PAGE and western blot with an anti-D-β-aspartic acid antibody and identified by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis. The concentration of ATP was measured by ELISA. Results. D-β-aspartic acid was expressed in a protein band at around 44.5 kDa at much higher quantities in the retinas of rats with ocular hypertension than in those of normotensive rats. The 44.5 kDa protein band was mainly composed of α-enolase, S-arrestin, and ATP synthase subunits α and β, in both the ocular hypertensive and normotensive retinas. Moreover, increasing intraocular pressure was correlated with increasing ATP concentrations in the retinas of rats. Conclusion. Ocular hypertension affected the expression of proteins containing D-β-aspartic acid, including ATP synthase subunits, and up-regulation of ATP in the retinas of rats.

scholarly journals Establishment of peritoneal liquid electrophoretogram from healthy horses and horses submitted to experimentally induced intestinal obstruction

2014 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 665-671 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.F.S. Nogueira ◽  
P.A. Di Filippo ◽  
L.A. Anai ◽  
M.C. Vieira ◽  
K.M.M.G. Simplício ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intestinal Obstruction ◽  
Acute Phase ◽  
Acute Phase Proteins ◽  
Immunoglobulin A ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Protein Levels ◽  
Sds Page ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Page Electrophoresis ◽  
Experimentally Induced

The initial inflammatory stages of the colic syndrome include changes known as acute phase response. The aim of this study was to contribute with the establishment of reference values concerning the electrophoretogram of peritoneal liquid from healthy horses and horses submitted to experimentally induced intestinal obstruction. Twenty-one horses were allotted in four groups: duodenal obstruction (DG), ileum obstruction (IG), left-dorsal colon obstruction (MG), and control group (CG). Peritoneal liquid was sampled before obtruction (T0), with 3 hours of obstruction (T3) and 6, 30, 102 and 174 hours after desobstructing (T6, T30, T102 and T174, respectively). Total protein levels were determined by the biuret method and protein fractions were obtained by SDS-PAGE electrophoresis. The acute phase proteins (APP) identified were Immunoglobulin-A, ceruloplasmin, transferrin, albumin, α1-antitrypsin, heavy and light chains of immunoglobulin-G, haptoglobin, α1-acid glycoprotein and a still unnamed protein, which was called P24. There was no difference (P>0.3) in protein levels among groups, although a significant difference (P>0.05) was observed between distinct experimental moments in each group evidencing a higher response of the APP in the obstructed groups. The APP fractioning of the peritoneal liquid was standardized to establish a standard curve for healthy equines and those submitted to induced intestinal obstruction. Moreover, it was verified that the SDS-PAGE electrophoresis was sensitive and effective to help diagnose abdominal inflammatory processes.

PROTEIN PROFILING OF DIFFERENT PLANT TISSUES FROM HERB PHYLLANTHUS NIRURI

2015 ◽  
Vol 77 (24) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ainul Mardhiah Mohd Nail ◽  
Noor Hasniza Md Zin
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Protein Band ◽  
Protein Profiling ◽  
Protein Extract ◽  
Phyllanthus Niruri ◽  
Two Dimensional Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Plant Parts ◽  
Sds Page ◽  
Isoelectric Points

Herb Phyllanthus niruri (P. niruri) is known to have various pharmacological functions including anticancer, antibacterial, antioxidant, anti-hypertensive and also anti-diabetic properties.  In this research, the proteomic part of P. niruri was studied to determine the bioactive peptides that responsible for specific characteristics. Total soluble proteins from different plant parts of freshly collected P. niruri were extracted using TCA/acetone method and then quantified using Bradford assay. Fruits part was found to have a significantly higher amount of proteins (4.91µg/µl + 0.21) compared to leaves (4.18µg/µl + 0.15). To determine the quality of proteins in the crude extract, SDS-Page was carried out which separates proteins in the basis of molecular weight. Proteins extracted from leaves were widely distributed between the range of 3.5 kDa to 160 kDA. Meanwhile, proteins in fruits mainly distributed within the range of 15 kDa to 80 kDa. The most highly expressed protein band was found in fruit, located in between 30 to 40 kDa. The protein extracts were then further analyzed based on the molecular weight and isoelectric points using two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2D-GE) approach. Based on the profile pattern obtained from 2D-GE analysis, protein extract from fruits seems to express more protein spots compared to protein extract from leaves. Protein spots from fruit are seen to be intensely resolved within pH 4 to 10 at molecular weight between 10 kDa to 80 kDa. On the other hand, protein spots from leaves were moderately resolved at pH 4 to 10 at molecular weight within 10 kDa to 50 kDa.

scholarly journals Royal Jelly and Its SDS-PAGE Electrophoresis Profiles

2019 ◽  
pp. 17-20
Author(s):  
Hilal Ebru Çakır ◽  
Yakup Şirin ◽  
Sevgi Kolaylı
Keyword(s):  
Royal Jelly ◽  
Sds Page ◽  
Page Electrophoresis

scholarly journals ATP citrate-lyase and glycogen synthase kinase-3β in 3T3-L1 cells during differentiation into adipocytes

1994 ◽  
Vol 300 (2) ◽  
pp. 477-482 ◽  
Author(s):  
W B Benjamin ◽  
S N Pentyala ◽  
J R Woodgett ◽  
Y Hod ◽  
D Marshak
Keyword(s):  
Glycogen Synthase ◽  
Protein Band ◽  
Glycogen Synthase Kinase ◽  
Fat Cells ◽  
Apparent Mass ◽  
Atp Citrate Lyase ◽  
Protein Levels ◽  
Citrate Lyase ◽  
Sds Page ◽  
Dependent Protein

ATP citrate-lyase (CL), acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC) and glycogen synthase kinase-3 beta (GSK-3 beta) levels were measured in cytosol from 3T3-L1 cells during differentiation from fibroblasts into fat-cells. Protein levels were estimated from immunoblots using specific antisera. Cytosol from confluent cells contain significant amounts of GSK-3 beta, which fell during differentiation of these cells into adipocytes. CL from confluent cells was found to be mostly in the form of a single protein band of apparent mass 110 kDa. Levels of CL and ACC increased during cell differentiation into adipocytes. During the first 3 days of differentiation, CL migration changed, and it was expressed as a complex of protein bands of apparent mass 110 kDa, 113 kDa and 115 kDa. At later stages of differentiation, when these cells had assumed the phenotype of fat-cells, they expressed CL mainly as protein bands of 110 and 113 kDa. When samples containing these bands were treated with alkaline phosphatase, the 113 kDa protein band collapsed into the 110 kDa species. This suggests that the slower-migrating species of CL is a higher-order phosphorylation state of the same protein. Furthermore, when purified CL, mostly expressed as the 110 kDa species, was phosphorylated with cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase alone or together with GSK-3 and resolved by SDS/PAGE, the phosphorylated CL now migrated more slowly as the 113 kDa and 115 kDa forms. CL phosphorylation was hormone-regulated, since, in samples from fat-cells that had the complex two-band pattern, when cultured in medium without serum or hormones, CL migration reverted to a single band of 110 kDa, similar to confluent cells. Treatment of these ‘down-regulated’ cells with insulin rapidly induced substantial amounts of the 113 kDa species, with a concomitant decrease in the 110 kDa species.

scholarly journals Growth characteristics and dynamics of protein synthesis in callus cultures from Glycine wightii (Wight & Arn.) Verdc.

2005 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 1161-1166 ◽  
Author(s):  
André Luis Coelho da Silva ◽  
Cecília Sulzbacher Caruso ◽  
Renato de Azevedo Moreira ◽  
Ana Cecília Góes Horta
Keyword(s):  
Protein Synthesis ◽  
Growth Curve ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Callus Cultures ◽  
Exponential Phase ◽  
Cotyledon Explants ◽  
Ph Values ◽  
Freeze Dried ◽  
Sds Page ◽  
Page Electrophoresis

Cotyledon explants were first cultured on MS medium supplemented with 4.52 M 2,4-D and 0.46 mM kinetin. The development of the calli was followed (0, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28 and 32 days after) and the growth curve was determined, based in fresh and dry weight. The growth curve presented sigmoidal form with four distinct phases. The highest growth percentage was observed at the exponential phase and the lowest at the stationary phase. These results indicated that cotyledon callus subculture should be performed 20 days after inoculation. The calli obtained after a period of 28 days were freeze dried, macerated and submitted to extraction with buffers of different pH values (2.6; 4.0; 6.0; 8.0 and 10.0) and the proteins in the extracts were determined by Bradford method. The pH 8.0 buffer was the most efficient to extract the largest amount of protein. The amino acid analyses calli showed a high content of aspartic acid and low content of metionin. The dynamics of protein synthesis in calli was followed by SDS-PAGE electrophoresis.

scholarly journals Characterization of the soluble, secreted form of urinary meprin

1996 ◽  
Vol 315 (2) ◽  
pp. 461-465 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert J. BEYNON ◽  
Simon OLIVER ◽  
Duncan H. L. ROBERTSON
Keyword(s):  
Proteolytic Activity ◽  
Protein Band ◽  
Peptide Sequence ◽  
Soluble Form ◽  
Α Subunit ◽  
Alternative Processing ◽  
Sds Page ◽  
Processing Pathways ◽  
Membrane Bound

A soluble form of the kidney membrane metalloendopeptidase, meprin, is present in urine. Urinary meprin is expressed in BALB/C mice with the Mep-1a/a genotype (high meprin, expressing meprin-α and meprin-β) but not in BALB.K mice of the Mep-1b/b genotype (that only express meprin-β). Western blotting with antisera specific to the meprin-α and the meprin-β subunits established that the only form of meprin present in urine samples was derived from meprin-α. This form of meprin is partially active, and comprises at least three variants by non-reducing SDS/PAGE and by zymography and two protein bands on reducing SDS/PAGE. Sequencing of these two bands established that the N-terminus of the larger protein band begins with the pro-peptide sequence of the α-subunit (VSIKH..), whereas the smaller band possessed the mature meprin N-terminal sequence (NAMRDP..). Trypsin is able to remove the pro-peptide, with a concomitant activation in proteolytic activity. After deglycosylation, the size of the pro- and mature forms of urinary meprin are consistent with cleavage in the region of the X–I boundary. There is a pronounced sexual dimorphism in urinary meprin expression. Females secrete a slightly larger form, and its proteolytic activity is about 50% of that released by males. The urinary meprin is therefore a naturally occurring secreted form of this membrane-bound metalloendopeptidase and is more likely to be generated by alternative processing pathways than by specific release mechanisms.

The effect of rifampicin on the developmental phases of germinating spores of Clostridum sp., MSp+

1977 ◽  
Vol 23 (12) ◽  
pp. 1706-1713 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Z. Hawirko ◽  
P. K. Bhatnagar ◽  
K. L. Chung ◽  
C. T. Chow
Keyword(s):  
Clostridium Botulinum ◽  
Normal Cell ◽  
Daughter Cell ◽  
Total Protein Content ◽  
Chemical Analyses ◽  
Ultrastructural Studies ◽  
Rna And Protein Synthesis ◽  
Time Periods ◽  
Developmental Phases ◽  
Sublethal Concentrations

The effect of rifampicin on the developmental phases of germinating spores of Clostridium botulinum, MSp+, has been studied. At sublethal concentrations of rifampicin (0.05 ng/ml) the time periods required for outgrowth and vegetative growth was significantly prolonged because of the inhibition of RNA and protein synthesis. However, rifampicin had essentially no effect on DN A synthesis or on subsequent spore formation. Chemical analyses showed that the amount of protein present in vegetative cells of the rifampicin-treated cultures was twice as great as in the untreated cultures but the total protein content of endospores was the same in both cases. It was revealed in ultrastructural studies of rifampicin (0.1 ng/ml) treated cultures, examined after 22 h, that septum formation and normal cell division of the emerging cell was blocked and a few cells showed constriction which produced one normal and one protoplast-like daughter cell.

scholarly journals Identification of rat liver phosphatidylinositol synthase as a 21 kDa protein

1994 ◽  
Vol 304 (1) ◽  
pp. 301-305 ◽  
Author(s):  
M E Monaco ◽  
M Feldman ◽  
D L Kleinberg
Keyword(s):  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Enzyme Activity ◽  
Affinity Chromatography ◽  
Molecular Mass ◽  
Rat Liver ◽  
Protein Band ◽  
Absolute Requirement ◽  
Sds Page ◽  
Sepharose 4B ◽  
Post Mitochondrial Supernatant

Substantial purification of rat liver phosphatidylinositol (PtdIns) synthase has been achieved by a combination of Hecameg extraction, heat treatment, affinity chromatography and chromatography on PBE-94. The activity chromatographs as a single peak which has an apparent molecular mass between 150 and 200 kDa on Sepharose 4B. When analysed by SDS/PAGE, two major bands are seen. The enzyme activity is correlated with a protein band of 21 kDa. A second band, at 51 kDa, is eluted from a PBE-94 column slightly ahead of the activity. Manganese is an absolute requirement for stabilization of activity in the presence of detergent. The effect of manganese is optimal at 0.5 mM; magnesium at a concentration of 10 mM is only minimally effective. Substrate Kms are 1.3 mM and 9.5 microM for inositol and CDP-diacylglycerol respectively. The activity eluting from the PBE-94 column is purified 5000-fold over the post-mitochondrial supernatant.

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